Alaska Arms - Are They In Business?

Doug3006 · Oct 20, 2026

I went to their website to buy a set of 30MM CZ 550 detachable rings. I entered my credit card information at checkout and got a strange error message. It said that I need to set the surcharge to 307..or something. I called the local phone number and it went straight to voicemail. The toll free number on their website is not in service. Does anyone know if they are in business?

HCL · Oct 20, 2026

Yes he is still in business but he is out of the shop for a week.
Shoot him an email and or leave him a voicemail and he will answer when he gets back next week. If that dont go through let me know and I'll run out there when he gets back and let him know people are trying to reach him. He is good people just super busy.
His rings are awesome and worth the wait.
Mike

Karl Johnson · Oct 20, 2026

Ill echo comment made by HCL. His rings are fantastic!

45-70guy · Oct 20, 2026

I run his rings on all my m77’s. And with spares on spare scopes.

Doug3006 · Oct 20, 2026

I have a set of their 1 inch rings and I love them.

MontanaPat · Oct 20, 2026

I ordered a new pair for a Ruger #1 about 4 weeks ago and got them within a week

ThreeJacks · Oct 20, 2026

Good guy and company to deal with!

Sarg · Oct 21, 2026

I would love to try a set or two, I have a Brno .458 & Ruger .458 that I could use them on.

For some reason I ran out of elevation with Ruger rings with my 1.75-6 Leupold on the Ruger ?

LeftySixgun · Oct 21, 2026

45-70guy said:
I run his rings on all my m77’s. And with spares on spare scopes.

Does your holds zero when you remove the scope and re-install?

45-70guy · Oct 21, 2026

LeftySixgun said:
Does your holds zero when you remove the scope and re-install?

Every time.

what I do when they are brand new and it took me a few tries at first, is this:
I install per the instructions, ( I normally couldn’t get the lever screw to torque to 30” pounds and then have it release)
So I would do it to 20” pounds and the rest was followed per instructions. Once installed I would remove and install a few times to “break in” or whatever you want to call it, the rings.
Then I would start over and torque them to 30” pounds , again per the instructions step by step. Then they were easily removed and installed.
The issue I was having was i could not remove the rings on the first install because they were so tight it actually wouldn’t release with the levers. Once I did it a few times on a lower torque so it would actually open and close then at the full torque it was mint.

I took 2 scopes to Africa and before hand I swapped back and forth many times just for practice. Both held zero and I never needed my spare.

Just got back from Canada on a moose hunt and same thing, different Ruger rifle and different Alaska Arms rings, but 2 scopes and same protocol for practice. Didn’t need the second scope but I like the idea of 2 scopes just for trips when anything could happen.

45-70guy · Oct 21, 2026

Sarg said:
I would love to try a set or two, I have a Brno .458 & Ruger .458 that I could use them on.

For some reason I ran out of elevation with Ruger rings with my 1.75-6 Leupold on the Ruger ?

That’s odd, though Ruger does make some pretty tall rings I always ran a 3 up front and a 4 in the back before I switched to Alaska arms.

The Engineer · Oct 21, 2026

For my 416 Rigby Heym Martini Express rifle I have two scopes. One for dangerous game and one for "plains game". I can switch them and the ammo and they reliably return to zero. I most highly recommend their products.

Sarg · Oct 21, 2026

45-70guy said:
That’s odd, though Ruger does make some pretty tall rings I always ran a 3 up front and a 4 in the back before I switched to Alaska arms.

Yes @45-70guy it is odd, I use same numbers you did, two different sets & a high set, Leupolds are notorious for not having a huge amount of adjustment, but usually Ok, poorly drilled & taped rifles especially modified Mausers can be a issue.

I’m figuring the rifle dovetails are slightly out & should try a scope with more adjustment but I really want this scope on this rifle.

45-70guy · Oct 22, 2026

Sarg said:
Yes @45-70guy it is odd, I use same numbers you did, two different sets & a high set, Leupolds are notorious for not having a huge amount of adjustment, but usually Ok, poorly drilled & taped rifles especially modified Mausers can be a issue.

I’m figuring the rifle dovetails are slightly out & should try a scope with more adjustment but I really want this scope on this rifle.

I’ve never had any problems with the leupolds ( almost all I run ), though the rugers definitely do vary between rifles with their integrated mounts.
I can not swap scopes set in rings from o e Ruger to another. I’ve tried multiple sets just to see.
I do t care so much as I’m too over the hill and have spares for each rifle which is excessive but just how I do it.
I do lap all my rings that will specifically go on a rifle to make sure I have them not putting any torque on the scope tubes though that may be over the top I can tell you with my Alingment tool they definitely are not perfectly straight. Not much lapping required but some non the less.
I’d have to go look at the specs on it but DesertDog did a video a long time ago about it and it’s worth the money.

HCL · Oct 26, 2026

He is back in the shop today

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